SIA Industrial Heritage Preservation Grants Awarded - 2007

SIA Industrial Heritage Preservation Grants 2007
Awarded at the SIA Annual Meeting, June 9, 2007

1)    Richard Carnevale
Peabody MA Historical Society
Grant Amount:$1,500
Project:  Research and planning phase of the restoration of a 1941 Porter 0-6-0T steam switcher locomotive for display on a rails-to-trails pathway

2)    Frederick Sutherland
University of Massachusetts Boston & Taconic State Park
Grant Amount: $2,939.10
Project:   Field survey of Copake Iron Works in New York state

3)   Phillip Mosier
Grant Amount:  $1,500
Project:  Photographic documentation of the Bellwood Quarry in Atlanta, GA

(4)  Amy Roache
Syracuse University
Mackinac State Historic Parks, MI
Grant Amount:  $1,500
Project: X-ray analysis of metal artifacts from two 18th century fur trading posts

Information on the SIA’s Industrial Heritage Preservation Grants can be found at http://www.siahq.org/grants/about.html. 

Recipients of the SIA Industrial Heritage Preservation Grants are required to provide SIA with auditable accounts of the money expended, two copies of products generated from the funded project, and a written report for the SIAN or journal. The SIA grants support the research, documentation, and presentation of industrial sites and practices. Grant guidelines are available online here at the SIA web site.

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